Sen. Barack Obama needs young voters to keep turning out at unusually high rates in order to win in November. While his campaign adeptly mobilized th...
Kit Gallant | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics
Invesco Field's young staffers illustrate a new political reality: my generation's form of activism is to work within the political process for a candidate who inspires us.
Sara Haile-Mariam | Posted 09.26.2008 | Home
During the taping of the show, I tried to show empathy. I thought about some of the Clinton supporters I've met. I know that, like me, they've been waiting their whole lives for this kind of change.
Natasha Vargas-Cooper | Posted 09.21.2008 | Home
Rock The Vote has the formula all wrong for today. It's not actual pop stars that motivate youth to vote, it's the popstar qualities of a candidate.
Heather Smith | Posted 09.20.2008 | Media
Earlier than most voter registration organizations, Rock the Vote realized that the best way to reach young people was by cell -- the Millennial Generation aren't tied to landlines.
Mark Nickolas | Posted 09.11.2008 | Media
The media hasn't bothered assessing the exit polling from the primaries that they paid for to determine whether McCain was actually excelling with this group.
Paul Jenkins | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics
It is McCain who needs to score exceptionally well among white voters, better in fact than any other Republican presidential candidate in the past 20 years, including George H. W. Bush.
Ben Terris | Posted 07.29.2008 | Home
"McCain understands people like him better than he does people like us, so his tax plans will help the rich, not the people who need it the most. I want to vote for someone who will look out for me."
Paul Abrams | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics
Although not of that generation himself, Obama fits the millennials' needs and aspirations -- his very life is a testimony to their worldview.
Posted 05.06.2008 | Home
The roster of Democratic Party superdelegates is a list of Very Serious People with years of political experience. Also on the list are college kids Lauren and Awais. Watch their YouTube and help them vote.
Barnett Zitron | Posted 04.30.2008 | Home
One thing is for sure: Hillary's best friend in Pennsylvania (even better than Gov. Rendell and the crowds of older voters) is the state's closed primary and inflexible voting regulations.
Demos | Posted 04.26.2008 | Home
Your degrees are the most expensive in history. Entry level jobs are hard to find. Pay at those jobs has decreased. And full benefits are a thing of the past. But you can work to change all of that.
Winston-Salem Journal | Lisa Boone-Wood | Posted 04.23.2008 | Politics
Students for Barack Obama set up a sound system in front of the clock tower at Winston-Salem State University one recent afternoon and cranked up the ...
The New York Times | Jan Hoffman | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics
As a small chorus of superdelegates has announced a preference for Senator Barack Obama in recent weeks, a theme is emerging: their children made them...
NYCity News Service | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
It took a little convincing for Kenda Nunez, Baltazar Cortez and Geraldine LaPenne to let their lattes cool a minute while they talked politics, but soon they got fired up and realized they had a lot to say.
Dan Treul | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
Lauren Wolfe | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
After the results from Iowa and New Hampshire, we can safely say: discount young voters at your own risk in 2008.
Ari Melber | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics